YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton will be starting on a major renovation of their emergency department. Hospital President Doug Ekeren says a lot has changed since the last time the department was expanded. Ekeren says there is a need for a more secure facility. Ekeren says they are looking for help to… Read more »

SOUTH DAKOTA(WNAX)- South Dakota voters will have two Medicaid expansion issues on the November ballot. One a constitutional amendment, the other an initiated measure. Rick Weiland with “Dakotans for Health” backed the initiative and says having the option is good for voters. Weiland says the rejection of “Amendment C” by primary voters give more weight… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Fort Pierre is home to one plot of industrial hemp within city limits on land zoned for agriculture use on the north end of the city.  Gerad Johnson and Derek Schiefelbein are looking to do the same, but the Fort Pierre City Council has paused that request.   Public Works Director Rick Hahn… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D.(WNAX)- During their meeting at USD in Vermillion this week, the South Dakota Board of Regents unanimously approved an expanded alcohol sales policy for public universities. The policy allows the six universities governed by the Board to extend the sale of alcoholic beverages into general admission areas of performing arts and athletic events. General… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Weather permitting, beginning at 7am on Friday, June 24, 2022, the following road will be closed to thru traffic and water will be off for work on water lines:                           North State Street between 20th and 22nd Avenue NE Work is expected to last all day.   Motorists are advised to take alternate… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Board of Regents formally approved the proposal for the University of South Dakota – Sioux Falls (USD-SF) at their meeting in Vermillion.  The effort to transform the Community College of Sioux Falls into the University of South Dakota – Sioux Falls has been in development for nearly a year. With… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio & DRGNews)- The South Dakota Republican Convention gets underway today in Watertown.  That will run through Saturday. Senator Michael Rohl will be a delegate at the convention & talks about what’s happening today. Rohl talks about what could be a tight race for Republican nomination for Secretary of State. First term republican Senator… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D.(KCCR)- While the impeachment proceeding of former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg grabbed most of the attention in Pierre Tuesday.  A member of U-S President Joe Biden’s cabinet slipped into town at Pierre Regional Airport. From Pierre, Yellen was transported to Pine Ridge in a convoy consisting of a South Dakota Highway… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A board that oversees emergency medical services for Pierre, Fort Pierre, Hughes and Stanley County is giving consideration to the possible implementation of an ambulance district.  Fort Pierre Mayor Gloria Hanson says the board is considering tripling the costs each entity pays in for ambulance service due to rising costs. Hanson says… Read more »